See a Child - Song Of  The Kit



See a child standing there in the rubble and the dust,                                                                  He is standing all alone, there is no one he can trust,                                                                   The soldiers took his father and his mother ran away,                                                                         It´s a politicians game and he doesn´t want to play.

So take this child by the hand and lead him back to love,                                                             Leave the fear and misery behind,                                                                                                  Take this child by the hand and lead him back to love,                                                                  Show him that people can bee kind.

See a child standing there with hunger in his eyes,                                                                             He is standing all alonewhile a nation slowly dies,                                                                             He know that he is hungry and he doesn´t understand,                                                               There are just too many people in this dry and barren land.

So take this child by the hand and lead him back to love,                                                                  Leave the fear and misery behind,                                                                                                Take this child by the hand and lead him back to love,                                                                    Show him that people can be kind.

See a child standing there as he sees the world go by,                                                                       He is standing all alone and he´ll always wonder why,                                                                  When the nations spend their millions on power and on might,                                                            He never got the chance to learn to read and write.

So take this child by the hand and lead him back to love,                                                                 Leave the fear and misery behind,                                                                                                  Take this child by the hand and lead him back to love,                                                                  Show him that people can be kind. 


                                                                                            Ukjent forfatter 



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